A Red, Red Rose, by Scottish poet Robert 'Rabbie' Burns, carries with it a deep sense of emotion as he compares his everlasting love for his "bonnie lass" to a beautiful red rose. Playing heavily with images of nature, this poem is for the romantics and lovers of classic literature, and would be a great fit for an outdoor ceremony, or if you featuring roses in your floral arrangements. Burns lays bare his undying love in what would make for a soulful, heartfelt wedding reading for your ceremony.

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O my Luve is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.

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